Kitchen utensil.



J. M. SELDEN.

KITCHEN UTBNSIL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1914.

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'HE NORRIS PETERS ca. PHGTO-LITHIT, WASHINGTON. 0 r

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

JAMES M. SELDEN, or GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

KITCHEN UTE-NSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application filed May 21, 1914. Serial No. 840,139.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that 1, JAMES M. SEL'DEN, citizen of the United States,and a resident of Grafton, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented anew and usful Improvement in KitchenUtensils; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof.

My invention relates to kitchen utensils, and has special reference tosuch devices for use in connection with the cooking of "fowls, birds,etc.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and efficientdevice for use in the roasting or baking of fowls, birds,

etc., when the same are filled with dressing, which will do away withthe usual sewing up of the fowl, will hold the fowl in proper I shapewhile roasting or baking, and can easily and quickly be removed from thefowl when desired.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specificallyset forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains toconstruct and use my improved kitchen utensil, I will describe the samemore fully, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a fowl ready for cooking, showing my improvedkitchen utensil applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig.3 is a side view of the utensil. Fig. i is an end view of the same. Fig.5 is a view of another form of my utensil. Fig. 6 is an end View of thesame.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of thefigures of the draw ing.

As illustrated in the drawing, 1 represents my improved kitchen utensilwhich is preferably formed of wire and bent to shape to form the spiralportion or member 2, legs supporting portions or members 3 and tailsupporting portion or member 4:.

At one end of the spiral portion 2 is the sharp pointed end 5, and theopposite end of the same is provided with the horizontal portion 5 whichis connected with said spiral and has the supporting members 3 and Apivoted thereto by means of the pivot pin 6. These members 3 and 4 areeach provided with the hook portions 3 and 4. respectively,

and the members 3 are substantially in lines parallel with each otherand are adapted to be raised and lowered on the pivot pin 6, while themember a is also adapted to be raised and lowered on said pin.

The use and operation of my improved kitchen utensil is as follows:After the fowl a has been slit or cut open in the usual manner and atthe usual point to form the usual opening I) the entrails are removedand the usual stuffing or dressing placed within such fowl through saidopening. After this is done, the pointed end 5 of the spiral member 2 onthe utensil 1 is placed through one edge I) of one of the sides formingthe opening 6 in the fowl a and at the rear edge of such opening, andthen said end 5 is passed through the other edge I)" on the oppositeside, so that by rotating said utensil by the operator turning themembers 2- and 3 through said members acting as a handle, the spiralmember 52 will be forced along the opening I) in the fowl and close thesame by drawing the edges 6 and b" of the same together through such end5 being passed through said edgeswhen such edges are placed over saidend. After this is done, the members 3 can be raised on their pivot 6and the legs a of the fowl a placed under the same, after which themember 4 can be lowered on said pivot and placed under the tail d of thefowl, which will prevent the member 2 from being withdrawn from thesides of the opening I) and hold the legs a down, thereby anchoring theutensil. It will thus be seen that my improved kitchen utensil when inuse will hold the fowl in its proper form and shape for roasting orbaking so as to obtain all the best results possible in being properlycooked, while it will also hold the legs of the fowl down to the bodyproper, which will thereby hold the cooked fowl to its proper form andshape, and will also allow the cooking of the fowl to be obtained in asmaller space than under ordinary circumstances. It will also be obviousthat the objectionable and usually hard operation of tying together ofthe legs and sewing up the fowlafter the insertion of the dressing willbe overcome, while the usual interference of the threads, the cutting ofthe same, and the liability of serving the same when serving the fowland its dressing are overcome, and the fowl thus is presented in anattractive and appetizing condition for serving and eating.

In Fig. 3 my improved kitchen utensil 1 V as a handle in inserting andwithdrawing the member 2 in and from the sides of the opening and inanchoring the utensil and assisting with the utensil at the rear'of thefowl in holding such fowl in proper form and shape.

Various other modifications and changes in the design and constructionof my improved kitchen utensil may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or sacrificing any-of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Gopies of this patent may be obtained tor means for engaging the body ofthe fowl, and upwardly extending open hook members pivoted to saidmeans.

2. A device of the character described for preparing fowls for cooking,comprising means for engaging the body of the fowl,

and a downwardly extending open hook member pivoted to said means.

3. A device of the character described for preparing fowls for cooking,comprising means for engaging the body of the fowl,

and downwardly and upwardly extending open hook members pivoted to saidmeans. In testimony whereof, I, the said JAMES M. SELDEN, have hereuntoset my hand. I

' JAMES M. SELDEN. lVitnesses:

T. B. HUMPI-IRIES,

J. N. CooKE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

